"The Diameter of the Virus": Connections in the Age of COVID Rabbi Jason Rubenstein Editor's Note: This article was originally distributed through Yale University's Slifka Center, and is republished here with the permission of Rabbi Rubenstein. While it is addressed to Yale's Jewish community, it is a transcendent message that I think all of us can relate to in this time of … [Read more...]
Memorial Day—Remembering the Fallen
Memorial Day—Remembering the Fallen by Scoti Domeij Tandem-jumping into Normandy with Army Rangers who served with my son, Sgt. First Class Kristoffer Domeij, to honor the fallen at the 2019, 75th D-Day commemoration makes this 2020 Memorial Day even more sobering. Our documentary, Here Am I, Send Me, captures what we experienced in Normandy. Standing on Omaha Beach, … [Read more...]
It’s Memorial Day Weekend: Let people BBQ!
It's Memorial Day Weekend: Let people BBQ! by Sailor Jerri When people thank us for our service on Memorial Day, our go-to is getting angry. We lash out and puff up and tell this uneducated civilian, “Don’t Thank Me… thank the ones who didn't make it back.” Frankly, Veterans, we need to do better. As sad as it is for us to admit, many people just don't know the … [Read more...]
That Time I Thought I’d Be Pissing Bones for a Week
That Time I Thought I'd Be Pissing Bones for a Week by Michael Bama Katt I'll have to wait till I total it all up at the end, but I've got a pretty good idea of what The Dumbest Thing I've Ever Agreed To Do is gonna turn out to be. Fighting in the precursor to the UFC. We had traveling tough guy competitions in the 80s. Literally. They'd come through town two or three … [Read more...]
Why the Breonna Taylor Shooting Should Terrify You
Why the Breonna Taylor Shooting Should Terrify You by Kevin Wilson In March of this year, police officers in plain clothes executed a “no-knock” raid on the home of Breonna Taylor and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker. The Louisville Metro Police Department obtained a warrant to search the premises on the grounds that they suspected drugs to be present. Walker, believing … [Read more...]
Telling the Trauma of War
Telling the Trauma of War by Matt James The trauma of war and our ability to talk about it is a constant battle. Not all experiences are the same, and consideration of each has equal importance. 13 years ago, one of my non-commissioned officers died in an ambush (improvised explosive device) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. Not unlike other somber anniversary, I reflect … [Read more...]
Barroom Psy-Ops Transform Enemies to Allies by “Hiding All the Strings”
Barroom Psy-Ops Transform Enemies to Allies by "Hiding All the Strings" by Michael Bama Katt I've been working the doors and the floors of bars in the Deep South and the west since the first term of the Reagan administration. And I've come up with some mighty abstract ways to cull the bad element out from the herd over those 38 years. I like telling those stories here, … [Read more...]
Saudi Women and the War on Terror
Saudi Women and the War on Terror by Mike Kelvington In the masculine-driven nation of Saudi Arabia, women are subordinate men and the state, yet, in the eyes of both, they serve as an important role within their society. Historically and contextually, the Saudi government sees women as weak and “depicted as needing to be protected, controlled, and guided within an … [Read more...]
The Reality of Mother’s Day: A Time to Weep and Mourn, Laugh and Dance
The Reality of Mother's Day: A Time to Weep and Mourn, Laugh and Dance by Scoti Domeij My sweetest and most painful Mother’s Day was our family’s first Mother’s Day as a single-parent family. As a new single mom, Mother’s Day was painful. The pastor’s sermon never talked about moms, but their husbands. I didn’t waste any time “educating” my pastor. Families congregated to … [Read more...]
Dreading Mother’s Day: Finding Solace with the Brotherhood and Sisterhood
Dreading Mother’s Day: Finding Solace with the Brotherhood and Sisterhood by Scoti Domeij This first appeared in The Havok Journal May 8, 2016. Mother’s Day...at the first mention in the week leading up to Mother’s Day my conscious mind didn’t take much notice except for one fleeting thought, Oh it’s that time of year again? Too busy to give Mother’s Day much notice, … [Read more...]
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